Major solar storms won't hit Earth this week, says NOAA

Lula West |Wednesday, March 14, 2018

The charged magnetic particles headed toward Earth were caused by solar flares on March 6 and 7

In fact, NOAA admits that a geomagnetic storm will hit the Earth on March 18th but this one will not even reach the G1 magnitude, therefore, it can't affect the satellites, the Global Positioning System equipment, or other communication means, as the Russians informed.

And if you're far enough north, or perhaps in Antarctica (hi there!), you may get to feast your eyes on the aurora as the charged particles channelled towards the poles by Earth's magnetic field interact with the ionosphere.

It was created last week by an enormous explosion in the sun's atmosphere known as a solar flare, and charged particles from that flare are now on their way to our planet. The storm could result in blackouts and jeopardize communication satellites, and thus all telecommunication on Earth.

"Railway networks could be affected in case of an extreme space weather event due to the direct impact on system components, such as track circuits or electronics, or indirectly via dependencies on power, communications, and progressively on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) for timing and positioning", ScienceAlert reported, quoting JRC.

Nasa said the first of the two flares - classified in the potent X class and facing directly at the Earth - was the biggest this year.

According to NOAA, the worst possible scenario on that day would be a minor magnetic storm.

NOAA did warn of a minor geomagnetic storm which will barely reach a minor G1 out of G5 threshold on March 18.

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